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capntransit

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Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over a decade.

Here are some reasons to get people to shift from cars to transit:

Reducing pollution
Increasing efficiency
Reducing carnage
Improving society
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RT @zachsilberberg every time i get into a lyft or uber and it turns out to be a tesla i’m like, wow! these truly are the stupidest fucking door handles to ever be invented

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RT @thequeenslink Make it make sense...

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RT @humantransit The cool kids are all trying to sell us battery-electric buses, whose limitations of range could lead to service cuts. Don't forget: trolleybuses are a proven technology that has worked well for decades. Are the wires really so horrible?

https://humantransit.org/2009/08/vienna-do-the-wires-ruin-it.html

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RT @streetsblogkea Cute thing someone just sent me: a version of Frogger without the cars. The frog just...crosses the street without incident, then chats with random characters about how much they love sustainable cities + collects points to ride a bullet train. https://woe-industries.itch.io/frogger-walkable-city

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Good article on the state of the art in self-driving car technology, with a particular focus on Waymo's and Tesla's efforts.

Interesting statistic: "Over Waymo’s first 7 million driverless miles, its vehicles got into injury-causing crashes about one-fourth as often as comparable human drivers."

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/on-self-driving-waymo-is-playing-chess-while-tesla-plays-checkers/

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@SeanMcTex If every four Waymo miles replaced one or more human miles, that would be an improvement. But do they?

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"Opponents who were outraged after learning two weeks were left in a 30-day comment period about the $6.2 billion project to replace the Newark Bay New Jersey Turnpike extension won an extension to voice their concerns into July."

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/05/opponents-of-nj-turnpike-widening-projects-win-a-victory-from-the-coast-guard.html

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RT @mnolangray: Daycares in the US should enjoy RLUIPA-tier protections. Like it should be nearly impossible to prohibit them unless there's an imminent health and safety threat.

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RT @bici_uc "NJ TRANSIT bus traveling into and out of George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is subject to up to 15-minute delays due to THE DECISION to not have bus lanes."

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I looked for an upload of this video on YouTube, but all I've found is Twitter or Facebook...

RT @convorelay Great News for Deaf People in NYC! We're piloting an innovative technology with the MTA, NJ Transit, and Port Authority using just QR codes. Scan the code at all ticket and info booths at the Port Authority and the Customer Service Centers in Penn Station and Times Square.

https://x.com/convorelay/status/1792480446405582886
https://www.facebook.com/convo/posts/841952507975808

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Anniversary blog post from May 21, 2008, when the US government spent $100 million a year on "Essential Air Service," subsidizing flights to tiny airports in the middle of nowhere. It's now almost $400 million a year.

In New York State the airports served now are Watertown, Massena and Saranac Lake. We could probably save a lot of money by restoring passenger service on the train lines that used to serve those towns!

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2008/05/essential-service.html

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RT @schwartztalya Call in tomorrow, May 21st at 9:00am, to the NJTA commissioners meeting and tell them to cancel their miserable highway expansion project. Dial 1-800-346-7359, Entry Code: 487219.

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/05/us-coast-guard-will-likely-ok-controversial-nj-turnpike-extension-bridge.html?gift=f8bfcbdd-efc6-41bc-95d7-45d9581c4715

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RT @liunewyork Some unexpected detours and delays, but I finally got to work. 188 miles by midnight

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RT @streetsblognyc We love it when Komanoff brings the receipts. This time, he exposes the hypocrisy of his former Council member, Kathryn Freed, who once FOUGHT traffic, but now is fighting congestion pricing.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/20/komanoff-kathryn-freeds-old-fight-against-traffic-was-just-virtue-signaling

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Anniversary blog post from May 20, 2016, in response to a Vogue article about young people hooking up with people they met on Uberpool and Lyftline rides.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-safety-and-comfort-of-ridesharing.html

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"Showing the carbrains how much space they take up"

submitted by u/mezmerkaiser to r/fuckcars

https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1cvmebv/showing_the_carbrains_how_much_space_they_take_up/

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From the Empire State Passengers Association on Facebook:

Better late then never...Public acknowledgment of the Adirondack's six-week service suspension north of Saratoga Springs to Montreal which starts on Monday, May 20. Full service returns on July 1.

https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/passenger-rail-service-montreal-gets-lift-19464241.php

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"Quebec City Council Member Jackie Smith recently made headlines for proposing a nearly 39-fold increase to the annual $30 municipal car registration tax — about $22 USD — which she says would allow the community of 542,000 to totally eliminate fares, double its current transit coverage, and pay off all of the agency’s debt."

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/05/16/this-city-leader-wants-drivers-to-pay-850-year-to-register-their-cars-and-give-the-money-to-transit

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RT @mateosfo: It’s the achilles heel of climate philanthropy. There is literally no excuse for why climate funders don’t support public transit advocacy.

They have hundreds of millions for electric cars. It simply doesn’t make sense.

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Anniversary blog post from May 19, 2013: Every time there's an outage on the Northeast Corridor I point out that there's a parallel train line that we could restore. The right-of-way is all still publicly owned.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2013/05/we-cant-depend-on-northeast-corridor.html

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'A public comment period [on Phil Murphy's Turnpike boondoggle] is open through June 11 by emailing SMB-D1Boston-Bridges-PublicNotices@uscg.mil. The Coast Guard encouraged comments from boaters and mariners. It also encouraged people to reach out who want to comment about the environmental effects of the project and potential “impacts on minority and/or low-income populations.” '

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/05/us-coast-guard-will-likely-ok-controversial-nj-turnpike-extension-bridge.html

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RT @bellachu10 When contemplating “war” it’s helpful to consider who is doing the killing and who is doing the dying. Cars are inanimate objects used to wage war on PEOPLE. People on foot (and bikes) are dying at the highest rate in 40 years. There is no war on cars. There is only self defense.

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RT @ridersalliance

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RT @shellovvv In Waterford today [May 17] for the seasonal opening of New York State’s canal system more for WAMC News coming soon!

About ten pleasure boats in a lock, presumably on the Erie Canal
A woman sits on the bow of a pleasure boat, the Mendocino, while someone else sits in the pilot's seat.
Several pleasure boats cruise a canal, presumably the Erie Canal.

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RT @icgee It's Friday afternoon, can I be real for a sec about the realities of transit advocacy?

It's ridiculously underresourced, given the benefits of what we do. Philanthropy largely ignores transit, while pouring billions into causes that rely off of quality transit.

Worried about climate change? The single greatest threat to humanity & shared prosperity? Transportation is the 2nd largest source of emissions globally & the LARGEST source in the US.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1791619959480791176.html

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RT @revents_sustbiz People over : The U.S. cities reclaiming their streets. Amy Nguyen reports.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/people-over-parking-us-cities-that-are-reclaiming-their-streets-2024-05-08/

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